is there anyone in washington willing to show that courage? after george soros we have a lively conversation with two of my favorite brits lionel barber and simon schama of columbia university. let's get started. >>> joining me, the billionaire investor, financier, speculator, philanthropist and thinker, george soros. thank you for joining me, george. >> my pleasure. >> you were a great supporter of barack obama. you helped raise money. you gave a good bit of money yourself. are you satisfied with the job barack obama has done? >> no, i'm not satisfied. the solution that he found to the financial crisis which was to effectively bail out the banks and allow them to earn their way out of the hole was, in my opinion, not the right solution. he should have compulsorily replaced the capital that was lost. >> which would have been nationalizing the banks. >> this is what they called nationalizing the banks. he made the political decision that that is un-american, will not be accepted. >> what about the broad issue of barack obama's leadership, not j